Steffen Wick

Steffen Wick (2014)

Steffen Wick (born November 17, 1981 in Herne ) is a German composer , pianist and singer .

Career

Steffen Wick studied composition with Caspar Johannes Walter, music theory, piano and new media at the University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart . He then deepened his composition studies in the master class with Moritz Eggert at the University of Music and Theater in Munich .

Steffen Wick's concert works range from large ensembles ( Womb for symphony orchestra) to chamber music ( Inner Monologue for vocal quartet, commissioned by the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation ) to exotic compositions ( Transborder for Korean gayageum and European instruments). His works have been performed at the Bregenz Festival, the Wiener Musikverein , Radialsystem V and Konzerthaus Berlin and by ensembles such as the Basel Sinfonietta , the Henschel Quartet , the Eight Cellists of the Vienna Symphony, the State Philharmonic of Rhineland-Palatinate and the Philharmonic Orchestra in Cottbus, Freiburg and Gießen interpreted. CD recordings of his works have been released by Sony Classical and Universal Music .

At the center of Steffen Wick's compositional work are full-length, interdisciplinary concert projects at the interface between music and other art forms such as video, scenography , dance and theater .

chosen projects

• Musicophilia : Music theater based on the novel by Oliver Sacks , winning production in the 2015 “Music Theater Now” competition of the International Theater Institute , commissioned by Meta Theater, director: Axel Tangerding, libretto: Norbert Niemann , electronics: Simon Detel, performances: Reaktorhalle & Schwere Reiter Munich (Premiere 2012), Radialsystem Berlin, Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center, Theater Prospero Montreal, La MaMa Experimental Theater New York
• Beyond Vision : Commissioned by the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra for 18 solo strings and video installation, conductor: Michael Hofstetter , performances: Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart (premiere 2008), Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, Museum for Communication Frankfurt , phæno Wolfsburg
• Silent film settings Georges Méliès : Commissioned by the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts (premiere 2013) for string quartet ( Henschel Quartet ), piano and electronics. Curated by Edgar Reitz .
• Piano Particles : Classic-Pop-Electro project. Collaborations with choreographers such as Marco Goecke , Eric Gauthier , Tarek Assam and dance companies of the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz and Gauthier Dance. Productions at Theater Gießen and Friedrichsbau Varieté Stuttgart with their own show Particles.

Awards, grants

• 2019: German Film Music Award in the category "Best Music in Animated Film" for Manou the Swift (together with Frank Schreiber & Simon Detel)
• 2017: Scholarship Künstlerhaus Salzwedel
• 2016: Winner of the international RicordiLab competition
• 2015: Scholarship at the Cité Internationale des Arts Paris
• 2014: Scholarship Internationales Künstlerhaus Villa Concordia
• 2013: Awarded as a Culture and Creative Pilot Germany 2013 , an initiative of the Federal Government's culture and creative industries
• 2011: Winner of the “crossculture” composition competition at the Bregenz Festival

Works

Catalog of works on the composer's website

Discography

• 2014: Piano Particles White (Module / Universal Music )
• 2014: Piano Particles Blue (Module / Universal Music )

Filmography

• 2014: Rheingold - Faces of a River , feature documentary, speaker: Ben Becker , Senator Film Verleih
• 2019: Manou the Swift , 3D cinema animation film, narrator (international version): Kate Winslet , Willem Dafoe | Speaker (German version): Friedrich Mücke , Oliver Kalkofe , Cassandra Steen

Web links

• official website
• Steffen Wick on the Ricordi Berlin website
• Steffen Wick on Beyond Vision. In: Neue Zeitschrift für Musik 6/2008
• Steffen Wick in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} biography on steffenwick.com . Retrieved September 3, 2018.
2. ↑ Jury Statement on mtnow.org . Retrieved September 3, 2018.
3. ^ Review of the music theater Musicophilia in the new music newspaper (nmz). Retrieved November 14, 2014.
4. ^ Event information on Beyond Vision on the ZKM website. Retrieved November 14, 2014.
5. ↑ Piano Particles and Gauthier Dance on focus.de . Retrieved November 14, 2014.
6. ^ Piano Particles on the Gießen Theater website. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
7. ↑ Press release German film music prize in 2019 on welt.de . Retrieved November 9, 2019.
8. ↑ Concert information Piano Particles on focus.de . Retrieved September 3, 2018.
9. ↑ RicordiLab winners have been chosen at Ricordi Berlin. Retrieved October 14, 2016.
10. ↑ International artist house Villa Concordia. Retrieved January 3, 2015.
11. ↑ WIDEMUSIC on kultur-kreativpiloten.de . Retrieved November 14, 2014.
12. ↑ Steffen Wick ( Memento of the original from November 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the website of the Bregenz Festival. Retrieved November 14, 2014. 
13. ^ Piano Particles on the Universal Music Switzerland website. Archived from the original link on March 5, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2014.
14. ^ Film review on Rheingold - Faces of a River on Die Welt online . Retrieved November 14, 2014.
15. ↑ Manou the Swift on imdb.com . Retrieved January 23, 2019.